Millennium Development Goals
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Established by the international Millenium Declaration of 2000, General Assembly Resolution 55/2, [1] the Millenium Development Goals are a set of development areas and metrics for the elimination of poverty and the existence of self-reliant communities.[2] They are intended to provide specific measurable results by the year 2015, and are used by the United Nations, under whose auspices they were created, and national and nongovernmental assistance agencies.
The areas include:
- Poverty & Hunger
- Maternal Health & Mortality
- Universal Education
- Reproductive Health, Combat HIV/Aids
- Gender Equality
- Environment
- Infant & Child Mortality
- Global Partnership
References
- ↑ United Nations Millennium Declaration, United Nations General Assembly, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.2)] 55/2
- ↑ Millenium Development Goals: Background, United Nations